Successful Treatment of Occipital Radiating Headache Using Pulsed Radiofrequency Therapy

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease involving multiple joints. The cervical spine is often affected, and cases involving atlantoaxial joint can lead to instability. Anterior atlantoaxial subluxation in RA patients can lead to posterior neck pain or occipital headache because...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lee, Sun Yeul, Jang, Dae Il, Noh, Chan, Ko, Young Kwon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Neurosurgical Society 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26279821
http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2015.58.1.89
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Sumario:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease involving multiple joints. The cervical spine is often affected, and cases involving atlantoaxial joint can lead to instability. Anterior atlantoaxial subluxation in RA patients can lead to posterior neck pain or occipital headache because of compression of the C2 ganglion or nerve. Here, we report the successful treatment of a RA patient with occipital radiating headache using pulsed radiofrequency therapy at the C2 dorsal root ganglion.

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